Bedding holder for upending bedsteads



Jan. s, 1929.

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Filed May 10, -1926 ri-2 D c TRAVIS :a1-ALv BEDDING HOLDER FOR UPENDING BEDSTEADS Patented e Jan. 8i, 1929.

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' DON oAnLos'rRAvrs AND WILLIAM A. vorname, on KnNosHA ,iwrscoNsIN, AssIGNons To sIMiuoNs COMPANY, orl NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION on DELAWARE.

BEDDING HOLDER FOR UPE'NDING isnnsTnAnsQ f Appncauon mea May 1o, 192,6. seriai 1516.107360. f

IThisl invention Yrelates to bedding holders for upending bedsteads and more particularly to the type of holder which is vemployed at the end of the bed which is adapted to be raised or upended to hold the mattress and other bedding inv place on the bed bottom when the bed is upended. j j l One of the objects of the invention is to provide such a device which will securely hold thel'beddingin place without interfering with the .draping'of the bedding covers over the edges ofthe mattress and bed bottom. Another obj ect is to provide such a device which will be automaticallylocked in operative po-` sition due to the expansive" pressure of the mattress against the holder when in such position, and which may be readily released and moved out of the wayto permit free handling ofthe bedding. f I Another object is to provide avdevice ofthe abovedescribed characterwhich will be simple in construction, o f few parts, `but strong and rigid soas to be capable of withstanding the strains to which it is ordinarily subjected as well as exceptional strainswhich it may be subjected to in` rough or careless handling.

@ther objects and advantageswill become apparent when the following specifica-tion is considered in connection with the accompany- 4ing drawing wherein I have illustrated a selected embodiment of'my invention and in which; A.

Fig-1 is an end-elevationof the foot end of a bedstead towhich our invention is applied. ,v Y .I .j Y Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig-2. v j e Y j e Referring now to the drawings, 5Y indicates the foot end frame of an upending bedstead having a top cross member r6, a-lower cross member 7 and an intermediate cross member 8, all of which cross membersextend between end posts 9 and 10. Suitable upright filler bars 11 extend between the'upper cross kmember 6 and the intermediate cross memberv 8 and are secured in position by any suitable means. -As shownin Fig. 2 these membersll are securedin place between the members 6 and8 byvhaving their ends taperedvas at 12 and 13 and projected into suitable apertures Y j in the cross members which are somewhat smaller than the outside dimension ofthe @rights 11.V

* A bed bottom 14C comprising sidelrails'l,

risers 16, end rail 17 and flexible .bed-bottom fabric'lS, is supported at its foot end by the foot frame 5, by means of ksuitable connection indicated `atli).V l

The bed bottom fabric 18 is adapted to support a mattress 19 thereon, which in accord ance with common practice is covered with suitable bedding including a bedspread indicated at 20, which is ordinarly draped over the edges of the mattress and bed bottomv as indicated at 21 toimp-rove general appear# ances of the bed when made up.

Our improved device for holding the mattress, bedding and bedspread inl place when the bed is to beupendedoomprises a'member 25 having anl enlarged headA 25 which is adapted to engage the bedding withouty danger vof tearing or otherwise damagngthe same. kThe.other'end of the member 25 Ais .l

bent over to provide a portion26 to which a mounting member 27 is secured.l The mounting member 27 is adaptedto slide on arod 28 which issecured to one of the uprights 11 of the foot frame 5 in any suitable manner. In the present instance I' have shown this rod provided with affoot portion 28 through which a screw 29 may be passed andthreaded- 1y engaged with the upright 11 to holdone v end ofthe rod in position. Theother end of the rod may conveniently be held in position by means of a thimble 30 having an aperture 31 in its side walls. adapted to receivethe end of the rod 28. k'lhefthimble is secured to the upright 1-1 by means of a screw 32 passing through a suitable aperture in ltheouter endv of. the thimble and threadedly engaged withthe said-,upright 11. The upright 11 maybe of comparatively thin metal of tubular construction and in orderto reinforce thevsame so asto withstand thev strains to which it might be subjected bythe holding device, we prefer to providea reinforcing bar 33 on the inside of the upright and to provide suitablevthreaded apertures in this reinforcing member toreceive thescrewsf29 and 32.

vWe also prefer to provide a screw 34 threadedly engaging'the'reinforcing member 33 in-v termediate the screws 29 and. 32.

The mounting member 27yis preferably Y atl 38.'v

the member by providing suitable aper tures in the ends of the mount through which the portion 26 may be passedand then riveting over the end of the portion 26 as shown 'The member 25 and mount 27fsecured y, thereto as above described is slidinglymounted on therod 28 by. means of suitable apertures 39 andtO in the ends of the mount 27 throughwhichthe rod 28 mayv freely pass` whenthe apertures arein proper alignment. When the member 25 is' to be moved into operative engagement with the bearing, it ispressed downwardly, l:sliding on the rod 28 until 'the bedding is engaged .and tightly pressedV against the bed fabric 18.- Downward pressure" on the member 25 may then be removed and expansive pressure of the mattress and bedding will tend tolinove'the outer end or enlarged end 25 upwardly thereby causing the member 25 to assume a somewhat'angular position relativeto its` position whenthe apertures 39v and 40 are in alignment. A cramping engagement will therebyL be elfected rbetween oppositely disposedportions of the ed es of the apertures 39 and^40 ofthe mount 2 andthe rod28, as

will be readily understood from an inspectionv of the dotted line position ofthe mem'- ber 25 is shown in Figy2. In order to release the' holding ldevice, it is merely necessary to press down the outer edge of the member 25 so as'to relieve the cramping'l action, after which the holder'may readilybe disengaged "from thebedding.

When thebed s to be made up it will be noted that the holding device may be swung about the rod 28 so astoliein a plane substantiallyparallelwith the plane of the end frame 'i the bedding holder.

5 whereby the bedspread 20 may vbe draped over Vthe-edges of the mattress and bled bottom without obstructionor interferences of vVle are aware that various changes inthe iorm and Vconstruction and means'of mounting and adjusting our improved bedding holder may be made without departing from the 'essenceof the invention, and we therefore reserve the right tomake such changes as fall within the scope of the following claims.

. We claim as our invention :'V i 1. In a bedding holder ofthe class described, the combination of a guide rod, a holding member slidably mounted onV said guide rod for kcompressi'ngly engaging and holding bedding in place on a bedbottom,

and means for so mounting said member on said guide rod comprising a part secured to said member and having a pair of spaced,

relatively thin walls, said walls being respectively provided with an aperture Vfor loosely receiving said guide rod, a portion ofthe edges of said walls;` around the respective apertures therein'being adapted, as an inci-pV dent to the `expansive pressure of the bedi ding,.to engage-said guide rod with acramping action, vthereby to lock the holder in Op@ Verative position;

2. In a bedding holder of thel class described, tl'iefcombination of a guide rod',- a

holding member slidably mounted von said guide rod `for compressingly engaging yand holding bedding in place' on a vbed bottom,

and' means for so mountingsaid memberv on l' said guide rod comprising a part secured to said member, and comprising a pair Vof oppositely facing, relatively thin walled cup members, telescoped onewithin the other so as tojformV a hollow cylinder, the end'wall's of said cylinderbeing provided withl a pair of substantially coaxial' apertures for loosely receiving said guide rod, aportion fof the edges of said end Ywalls-'around the respective apertures ibeingadaptemas an incident to theeXpansive pressure of 'the bedding, Vto engage said f rod with a cramping 4 action, thereby to lock the holder' in operative position. i`

3. ,In a bedding holder ofthe class vdescribed, the combination of a Vuide rod havel ing one end offset and vsecurev to a portion 'of a bed frame, a tubularmember secured'to said bed frameand havinga closure at one end, andan aperture in itsr side wall adjai cent said closure for receiving the'opposite end of said guide rod, thereby `to secure said opposite end to the bed frame, a holder-slid ably mounted on said vguide rod` for coni.-

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pressingly engaging and holdingbeddingon the bed bottom associated withsaid frame,

. and means for so mounting said holder comprising a part secured to said holder and provided with a pair of relatively thin? walls 4 having substantially coaxially disposed apen tures for loosely receiving said, vguiderod, a portion of the edges of said wallsaround'the respective apertures therein being adapted, as an incident to the expansiverpre'ssure of the bedding, to engage said rod with a cramp- Y securedrto, but spaced from one of said rod to said bar comprising an offset foot portion at one end of the guide rodengaging spacerbarS, means for securing said guide said bar and a member also engaging said barand provided with an aperture for receiving the other end of said rod, said foot portion and said member being euch provided with an aperture for respectively receiving a screw member, screw members extending through the apertures in said foot and member respectively, and through the adjacent Wall of said bar, and a reinforcing member disposed on the inside of said bar and provided with a r10 pair of threaded apertures for receiving said screw members.

DON CARLOS TRAVIS. WILLIAM A. VOLLMER. 

